{{more citations needed|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = My Friend Joe | image = | caption = | director = Chris Bould | producer = Steve Matthews (co-producer)<br>Gerhard Schmidt (executive producer)<br>Sytze Van Der Laan (producer) | writer = David Howard | narrator = | starring = Schuyler Fisk<br>John Cleere<br>Stephen McHattie | music = Ronan Hardiman | cinematography = Michael Faust | editing = Rodney Holland | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1996|08|29|Germany|df=y}} | runtime = 101 or 102 minutes | country = United Kingdom<br>Germany<br>Ireland | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''My Friend Joe''''' is a 1996 film directed by Chris Bould starring Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere. The film is based on the 1985 Swedish novel ''Janne, min vän'' (''Johnny, My Friend'') by Peter Pohl.
== Plot summary == Chris' new best friend, the American Joe, turns out not to be a boy, but a girl.
== Cast == *Schuyler Fisk as Joe *John Cleere as Chris Doyle *Stephen McHattie as Curt *Stanley Townsend as Mr. Doyle *Pauline McLynn as Ms. Doyle *Eoin Hughes as Boyler *Mark Hannigan as Conor *Stuart Dannell-Foran as Noel *Joel Grey as Simon *Katie Carroll as Suzie *Katy Davis as Aideen *Didier Pasquette as Nicolai
== Awards and honors == * 16th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival, 1998 ** Chris Bould won "Silver Poznan Goat" for "Best Live-Action Film" ** The film won "Marcin - Children's Jury Award" for "Best Live-Action Film" ** Schuyler Fisk won "Poznań Goats" for Best Foreign Child Actor or Actress * Berlin International Film Festival, 1996 **Chris Bould won "Award of the Senator for Women, Youth and Family" * Carrousel International du Film, 1996 **Chris Bould won "Audience Camério" * German Children's-Film & TV-Festival, 1997 **The film won "Children Jury Golden Sparrow" for "Best Feature - Long" * Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 1998 **Chris Bould won 2nd prize "Children's Jury Award" for "Feature Film and Video"
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0117015|My Friend Joe}}
Category:1996 films Category:German drama films Category:Irish drama films Category:1996 drama films Category:English-language German films Category:Films shot in Cologne Category:British drama films Category:Films based on Swedish novels Category:1996 English-language films Category:1996 British films Category:1996 German films Category:English-language drama films
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